The Irving Police Department conducted DWI No-Refusal operations over the New Year’s Eve holiday weekend. The operations took place on the nights of Thursday, December 31st and Friday, January 1st by means of a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation. During No-Refusal operations, those arrested for DWI are offered only a blood test to determine their blood alcohol concentration. A search warrant, authorizing a blood draw, is sought for anyone refusing consent to a blood test.
A total of 17 DWI arrests were made and 41 citations were issued by officers working grant funded positions over the holiday weekend. Of those 17 arrests, 1 was a felony offense and 7 required search warrants to obtain a blood sample.
The Irving Police Department will continue to participate in these grant-funded operations as they have shown continued success in Irving and across the state.
